Match-machine.



M. SAN.

MATOE MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED IEB.14, 1910. RENEWED APR. 13, 1912.

' Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

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M. SAN. MATCH MAGHINE. APPLICATION FILED 23.14, 1910. RENEWED APR. 1a, 1912.

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.UNTTED STATES MORRIS SAN, OF PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO EAST JERSEY MATCH COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MATCH-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 14, 1910, Serial No. 543,848.

Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

Renewed April 13, 1912. Serial No. 690,658.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS SAN, of Passaic, Passaic county, New Jersey, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Match-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in match machines and more especially to that type of machine in which a continuous car rier formed of linked plates is used to carry the match splints while they are dipped in the firing and paraffin compositions, the completed matches being automatically ejected into a suitable receiver.

My machine does not embody any mechanism for cutting the matches, but relates to improvements in the construction of the dipping machine and the means for positively inserting the splints in the carrier plates.

The object of my invention is to improve certain details of construction by which the operation of the machine is rendered very positive and automatic, and especially with a view of delivering the splints cleanly and nicely into the carrier, to provide for keeping the delivery apparatus clean of broken splints, slivers, etc., to improve the form of plunger for pushing the splints into the plates, to improve the chains of the carrier so that the construction will be simple and strong, and to provide a very positive and simple mechanism for actuating the carrier, all to the end that a simple and positive machine may be produced which will tend to cheapen match production and render the work less difficult than heretofore.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding partsin all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine embodying my'invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof. Fig. 8is a detail plan view of the hopper and plunger mechanism for; delivering the splints to the carrier plates. Fig. 4: is a detail elevation of one of the guide plates used in connection with the hopper. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing especially the plunger and cleaning mechanism for delivering splints to the carrier plates and keeping the guide grooves clear. Fig. 6 is a detail of one of the aforesaid plungers. Fig. 7 is a broken detail view showing especially the chain construction by which the carrier plates are conveyed, and Fig. 8 is a cross section of one of the chain links.

In a general way the machine is like the ordinary continuous machine for dipping matches, that is to say, it comprises a suitable frame 10 and an endless carrier made up of linked plates 11 which are perforated as usual so that the splints 13 can be inserted 1n the perforations, and the carrier runs over suitable guide pulleys 12, and the splints are dipped precisely as is usual, that is to say so far as my invention is concerned they can be dipped in any of the ordinary ways or in any preferred way. So far there is nothing novel about the construction. The chains which carry the carrier plates, however, are novel, I believe, and are made up of a series of links comprising an angle plate 14 having a projecting flange 14E to which the adjacent perforated plate 11 is riveted or otherwise-fastened (see Fig. 7) a middle plate 15 and an outer plate 16, the latter being provided with a pin 17 which connects with a worm 18 on one of the vertical shafts 19, so that by this means the carrier is moved. The members 15 serve to connect the several links, and the pivot pin passes through the three members 14, 15 and 16, as shown clearly in Fig. 7. The outer member 16 is made preferably of hard' rolled steel, so that the pin 17 will be durable, and it will be seen that a very convenient means is provided for carrying the chains on each side as the pins connect with the worms 18, and these can be arranged at necessary intervals as shown best in Figs. 1 and 2.

The shafts 19 can be driven in any convenient way but I have shown them connected by means of bevel gears 20 and 21 with the driving shaft 22 which is mounted in the frame 10 and provided with suitable driving pulleys 23 or equivalent driving means.

The splints 13 to be inserted in the carrier plates 11 are first placed in a suitable hopper which is not shown but which is arranged directly above the shaker 24, this being arranged transversely of the machine near the front part thereof, and having suitable division plates 25 at frequent intervals to prevent the splints from getting crossed. The opening through the center of the shaker 24 corresponds with the length of the splints, being just a trifle wider than the splints are long, and the shaker reciprocates slightly over a grid 26 which is stationary and the openings through which are large enough to permit the waste material, slivers, dust and dirt to fall freely through. At one end the shaker has a plate 27 which is provided with a roller or abutment 28 which contacts with a cam 29 (see Fig. 1), this rotating with the horizontal shaft 30, and so the rotation of the cam rapidly reciprocates the shaker. The shaft 30 can be driven in any convenient way, and I have shown it connecting by means of suitable sprocket wheels and a chain 31 with the driving shaft 22. Obviously the driving mechanism for the various parts of the machine is'immaterial and can be changed at will.

At the end of the shaker farthest from the cam 29, arms 32 are arranged, and a spring 30'" (see Fig. 3) connects the arms with an abutment 31 on the frame of the machine, and the tension of the spring serves to hold the abutment 28 snug up against the cam 29. The arrangement for moving the shaker can, however, be changed at will without affecting the principle of the invention.

.Beneath the shaker are the horizontally moving plungers 33 which are arranged to move at right angles to the carrier plates 11 as they pass vertically downward through the machine, and the plungers are placed so as to register with the holes in the plates 11, as is usual in machines of this type.

The plungers 33 are each provided with a reduced end 34 somewhat shorter than the splint which the plunger carries, and with a shoulder 35 against which one end of the splint abuts, so that the reduced end of each individual plunger serves as a carrier for the splint. WVhen the plungers are pushed out from the shaker they enter between the notches 35 in the two guide -plates 34, and the notches form pockets which serve to guide the splints and enable them to be positively inserted in the holes of the carrier plate 11.

Any suitable means can be used for actuating the plungers 33 and I have shown them connected with a cross head 36 which is slotted transversely at opposite sides as shown at 37 to provide for connecting with the actuating means, and the cross head has slides 38 integral therewith which move in the ways 39 (see Fig. 2) on the machine frame. The slots 37 receive the upper ends of the levers 41 which are fastened in place by bolts 40, and each lever is fulcrumed as shown at 42 on the machine frame, and connects at its lower end with a cross rod 43, and the latter connects by means of suitable shafts 44 with the eccentrics 45 on the driving shaft 22, so that motion is transmitted through the medium of the eccentrics 45 and levers 41 to the cross head 36 and plungers 33.

A little below the grid 26 is a leveling plate 47 which connects with the upper part of the levers 41 by means of arms 46, and so at every forward stroke of the plungers 33 and of the upper end of the arms 41, the plate 47 will strike a row of match splints and level them and place them firmly in the carrier. 7

V The guide plates 34 above referred to are spaced apart, one of them coming snug up against the shaker 24 and the other close up against the carrier plates 11 as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. In machines of similar nature,- the guide space next the carrier plates is very likely to become clogged with dust, broken splints, slivers, etc., and to provide against this I use a clearance plunger 48 which reciprocates vertically between the guide plates 34*, the clearance plunger moving so as to clear the ,plungers 33 when these are pushed forward, and traversing "the space between the guide plates 34 when the plungers 33 are withdrawn. The clearance plunger is actuated by means of the rods 49 connecting as shown at 50 with suitable cam slots 51 on the shafts 19.

As shown in Fig. 1, a comb comprising a cross bar 11 which is rigidly supported on the frame of the machine and which has stiff pins 13, is arranged near the carrier so that the pins will enter betweensplints 13 in the carrier and thus the bent, inclined, or crooked splints will be struck at an angle by the rigid pins 13 and straightened up or thrown out before the'splints'reach the dipping tank.

The match splints are ejected in substan tially the usual manner by means-of plungers 52 (see Fig. 2) arranged in front of the carrier plates and carried by a cross head 53 having arms 54 traveling in slides 55 on the frame 10, and the arms 54 and the-crosshead 53 are actuated by the oscillating levers 56 which turn on the fulcrums-57 and connect by means of links 58 wit-h the levers 41 already referred to. The splints when ejected after being dipped are deposited in a suitable receptacle which is placed in a tray 59 (see Fig. 2) and this is oscillated by means of the rods 60 and the cams 61 on the shaft 62, the latter being turned by means of a suitable belt connection63 with the driving shaft 22. This arrangement just shown and described shakes the tray 59 so as to settle the matches in the receptacle, but the arrangement forejecting :the matches and for receiving them asejected, is not claimed as new. 1

Fro-m the foregoing description it will :be seen that the machine is a very'simple one and that the means for delivering the splints to the carrier, the construction of the latter, and the means for actuating it, are especially positive and reliable.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a match machine having a splint carrier, the combination with such carrier, of guide plates spaced apart adjacent to the carrier and parallel therewith, the guide plates having notches to guide the splints to the carrier, mechanism for supplying splints through the guide plates to the car- 3 rier, and a cleaning device moving between the guide plates.

2. In a match machine having a splint carrier, the combination with such carrier, of guide plates spaced apart opposite the carrier and having match guiding notches therein, a plunger mechanism for forcing match splints through the notches into the carrier, and a clearance plunger reciprocating between the guide plates.

MORRIS SAN.

Witnesses:

WARREN B. HUTCHINSON, FRANK L. STUBBS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

